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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  20-Jan-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L15 Ag4
Name HYLAND BASIN, HIGHLAND BASIN Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L096
Status Past Producer NTS Map 093L15W
Latitude 054º 54' 40'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 51' 16'' Northing 6087008
Easting 637540
Commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by Middle to Upper Jurassic Bowser Lake Group sediments comprised of deformed argillite, limestone, and tuff which contact Cretaceous Kasalka Group massive rhyolitic to dacitic flows and tuff of the Brian Boru Formation. The argillite is cross cut by several rhyolitic and quartz porphyry dikes which follow shears in the host rock. Quartz veins are associated with the rhyolite dikes which strike east parallel to the shearing or slaty cleavage in the argillites.

The main showing consists of lenticular quartz veins which parallel the wall of the rhyolite dike, striking east and are parallel to the shearing in the argillite. The quartz varies from a thin streak to 1.5 metres in width. The quartz is barren in places while elsewhere is well mineralized with galena, sphalerite, tetra- hedrite and chalcopyrite. The sulphide content is erratic and in a second quartz zone mineralization consists of pyrite, galena, sphaler- ite, chalcopyrite and very minor tetrahedrite.

Between 1935 to 1940, 10 tonnes of ore was mined and produced 342 grams gold, 84,880 grams silver, 3,396 kilograms lead and 397 kilograms zinc.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1922-105; 1923-111; 1924-97; 1925-137; *1926-132,133; 1935- A24,C39; 1939-58; 1940-23,55; 1951-112
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR FIELDWORK *1987, pp. 190,191; 1988, pp. 195-208; 1991, pp. 93-101
GSC SUM RPT 1924A, p. 32
GSC P 40-18, p. 5
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
EMR MP CORPFILE (Hyland Basin Gold Mines Ltd.; Rayrock Mines Ltd.)

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